Iswaran finishes serving sentence, no longer under prison custody
No longer under prison custody.
Former transport minister S Iswaran has finished serving his sentence and is no longer under prison custody.
The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) confirms with
Mothership that S Iswaran has completed his emplacement on the home detention scheme and is no longer under their custody.
Iswaran's jail sentence commenced on
Oct. 7, 2024, which meant that his first 122 days were spent in prison.
He was placed on a home detention scheme starting from
Feb. 7, 2025.
First cabinet minister in Singapore to be imprisoned
The former transport minister was
sentenced to one year's jail on Oct. 3, 2024, after he
pleaded guilty on Sep. 24 to five criminal charges relating to him receiving gifts as a public servant.
Inmates placed on home detention scheme will serve their remaining sentences at their residences under specified conditions.
Prisoners can be placed on home detention for not more than one year, with offenders becoming eligible for home detention after serving around one-third of their sentence.
Iswaran is the first cabinet minister in Singapore to be imprisoned.
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